CVE-2021-38297
Go before 1.16.9 and 1.17.x before 1.17.2 has a Buffer Overflow via large arguments in a function invocation from a WASM module, when GOARCH=wasm GOOS=js is used.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.0%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Go before 1.16.9 and 1.17.x before 1.17.2 has a Buffer Overflow via large arguments in a function invocation from a WASM module, when GOARCH=wasm GOOS=js is used.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 10.96% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Affected
- golang/go · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 11.0% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/golang-announce
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/AEBu9j7yj5AMailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00021.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OFS3M3OFB24SWPTIAPARKGPUMQVUY6Z/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ON7BQRRJZBOR5TJHURBAB3WLF4YXFC6Z/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-02Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211118-0006/Third Party Advisory
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/golang-announce
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/AEBu9j7yj5AMailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00021.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OFS3M3OFB24SWPTIAPARKGPUMQVUY6Z/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ON7BQRRJZBOR5TJHURBAB3WLF4YXFC6Z/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-02Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211118-0006/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.